Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-Advanced
The Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-Advanced is a fuel cell vehicle based on the first generation Toyota FCHV.
The proposed FCHV-adv uses four hydrogen fuel tanks, which store high-pressure compressed hydrogen at up to 70 MPa and feed it into a fuel stack to produce electricity via a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. This electricity then powers an electric motor, capable of 90 kW and 260 Nm of torque, and charges a nickel–metal hydride battery. Cruising range is approximately 760 km to 830 km, and top speed is stated to be 155 km/h.
Between 2010 and 2013, Toyota wanted to introduce over 100 FCHV-adv vehicles to "universities, private companies and government agencies as well as government agencies in both California and New York." This, in Toyota's opinion, would allow infrastructure for fuel cell technology to grow until the market release in 2015.
On September 1, 2008, Toyota began leasing FCHV-adv vehicles to the Japanese Ministry of the Environment for /month for 30 months.
On June 4, 2014, Toyota announced plans to begin production of Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicles by mid-December 2014. The Mirai launched in the US on October 21, 2015.
